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She had a wreath of orange blossom on her head and wore a diamond necklace and earrings, with Albert’s wedding present of ‘a beautiful sapphire brooch’. Just after this, white became extremely fashionable and so started the tradition of the white wedding dress that continues to this day. The famine was to mark the commence of a steep decline in Irish regard for the Union. Partly mainly because of this, the Dublin Corporation refused to congratulate Victoria’s son, the Prince of Wales, on his marriage in 1863 and, in 1864, on the birth of his son. In response to what...